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Christmas in March as Kevin (@droneymitchell) joins us to celebrate Christmas with S06E06 “How the Ghosts Stole Christmas”. We have a cheap set and two very special guest stars with Ed Asner and Lily Tomlin. Mulder and Scully are up to their usual co-dependent ways as they spend Christmas Eve in a haunted mansion being psychoanalyzed by ghosts.
Tune in next time when we watch S06E08 “The Rain King” and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
In this supersized episode, Kenny and Ben are joined by their friend Andy for a look at Best Villain 2015 with both iconic and unexpected nominees. Meryl Streep won this one for her role as The Witch in Into the Woods, but was she really better than the villains of 22 Jump Street, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Gone Girl and Whiplash? The boys discuss it at length while also talking about adaptation changes and eclectic structures, Ice Cube’s death glare, the Quicksilver superspeed montage, the cool girl speech, if Whiplash understands that J.K. Simmons is the villain or not and much much more. It’s a real corker of an episode so buckle in for a wild ride!
Tori (@torlinnea) returns again to chat S06E03 “Triangle”. We talk this fun and silly masterpiece that features lots of long continuous shots and what it took to make that happen. Shelby presents her argument as to why this episode is Chris Carter’s best work on the show and we talk miscellaneous topics towards the end.
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Kenny and Ben take on one of the most eclectic groups of Best Villain nominees of the decade led by Mila Kunis, who won for her performance in Oz The Great and Powerful. Sure, Oz the Great and Powerful is a great movie and everyone can agree with this but is Kunis really better than the villains of Captain Phillips, Star Trek Into Darkness, Twelve Years A Slave and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The boys get into it while also discussing how James Franco is also good in Oz, how little of Captain Phillips is actually set on the boat, the bungled attempt to hide Khan, the ethics of nominating a movie as serious as 12 Years A Slave for Best Villain, recurring features across the movies, and much more! It’s a very normal episode with very normal takes that won’t be controversial in the slightest!
ick (@nickrichwrites) returns to talk Vince Gilligan and Bryan Cranston’s first project together, S06E02 “Drive”. We arrive in Cali and immediately get taken on a wild car chase through the western US. Mulder and Scully play hooky on their regular jobs, Mulder’s driving gets put to the test, and we get used to The X Files without the x files department. We also talk about the source of inspiration for this episode, a season 6 episode of Homicide: Life on the Streets “Subway”.
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Kenny and Ben are rejoined by their friend Evie to talk about Best Villain 2013. Tom Hiddleston won for his iconic turn as Loki in The Avengers but was he a better choice than the villains of Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises or Django Unchained? The gang gets into it while also discussing various YA franchises, superhero battles moving away from populated areas, the overuse of the trope where the villain is captured intentionally, Bond title sequences, what the Dent Act does, if Bane is supposed to be barely audible, Django Unchained lead performance rankings, and more! It’s a smaller amount of movies but a bigger amount of fun!
We finally get to the big moment and talk The X Files: Fight the Future (1998)! Chris Carter and company try to wrap the mytharc up a bit and we offer our opinions on the attempt. We talk the Syndicate’s colonization plot, the specter of Bill Mulder on the show, and the bees are back in a big way. Most importantly, we talk about the big hallway scene.
Join us next time as we dive into season 6 with S06E02 “Drive” and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
For one year only, villains are out and dirtbags are in! Not sure what the difference is? Don’t worry, Kenny and Ben are here to walk you through it. Jennifer Aniston took the dirtbag crown for her performance in Horrible Bosses but is she more of a dirtbag than Colin Farrell in the same movie or the dirtbags of Project X, The Help and Bridesmaids? Kenny and Ben get into it while also talking about how glad they are the 3rd Horrible Boss wasn’t nominated, Miles Teller dancing, movies about racism where most of the White characters are “the good ones,” self-actualization in the 3rd acts of comedies and more. Plus a very special intro!
This week we wrap up season 5! We talked a mix of topics, mostly David Duchovny and the backlash he received after some comments about Vancouver’s weather and David and Gillian’s relationship with each other over the course of the show and beyond.
Tune in next time as we finally talk about the first movie, The X Files: Fight the Future and follow us at @condensedtruth!
Vancouverites ambushing David Duchovny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PirBjo2vjcA
David Duchovny on Conan O’Brien after his statement on Vancouver’s weather: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byHTI0nif9E
ney) returned to talk S05E19 “Folie à Deux”. We join Mulder on his vibes based investigating of a threat, talk about the Marxist undercurrent of Gary’s war against his boss, and The X Files venture into cubicle office culture critique.
Tune in next time with our S5 wrap up and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
